Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Zademach

Economic Geography, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Hans-Martin Zademach was appointed Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in 2009. Prior, he taught at the LMU Munich and was invited as visiting scholar at the University of Prague, the Copenhagen Business School and the London School of Economics and Political Science LSE. He currently serves as head of the steering committee of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association ARL, Bavarian Section, and is member of the editorial board of Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, The German Journal of Economic Geography. In his current research, he is interested in (strong) sustainable development and the fundamental processes shaping social and spatial inequalities and injustices with a particular focus on the issues of finance and financialisation. His work has been published in a number of leading journals, among these are the Journal of Economic Geography, Urban Studies, European Planning Studies, European Urban and Regional Studies, and Local Environment. His further publications include an introductory textbook into financial geographies (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2014, in German) and the co-edited volumes ‘Alternative Economies and Spaces. New Perspectives for a Sustainable Economy’ (Transcript, 2013) and ‘Nachhaltigkeit in Umwelt, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft‘ (Springer, 2017). Hans-Martin holds a Master of Science in Local Economic Development from LSE as well as a Master of Business Research and a doctorate degree from the LMU Munich.